French Fries are Fresh Vegetables

Woke up this morning to this little piece of news: In the fuzzy-logic land of the USDA, French fries are now considered fresh vegetables. Read on... who even knew that there was a Frozen Potato Products Institute?

"The Frozen Potato Products Institute appealed to the USDA in 2000 to change its definition of fresh produce... to include batter-coated, frozen french fries, arguing that rolling potato slices in a starch coating, frying them and freezing them is the equivalent of waxing a cucumber or sweetening a strawberry. The USDA agreed and, on June 2, 2003, the agency amended its [Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act] rules to include what is described in court documents as the "Batter-Coating Rule."
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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[snakehairedgirl]

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